Rochelle junior football player Dylan Manning underwent surgery at Loyola Medical Center to remove a blood clot and remove pressure on his brain after suffering a head injury in Friday night’s game at Morris .

Manning’s condition was reported on the Rochelle Hubs Football Facebook page and confirmed by Rochelle head coach Kyle Kissack.

Ben Manning, Dylan Manning’s father, told Shaw Local on Saturday that his son was “in stable condition, vitals are good.”

In a Facebook post on Sunday, Ben Manning said that his son was off the sedatives and the breathing tube, is mostly still asleep however at times responds to voices and has opened an eye and spoke a few words.

Manning, a three-year varsity player who earlier this season eclipsed 2,000 career rushing yards , was wheeled off the fi

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